Recapping the “Bamboo and Wooden Slips and Beyond: International Symposium on Early Chinese History” on 26-27 March 2025

The Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK and the New Asia Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies co-organised the “Bamboo and Wooden Slips and Beyond: International Symposium on Early Chinese History” on 26-27 March 2025 in CUHK. Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai, Chairman of Department of History, and Prof. LAI Ming Chiu were invited to give an opening address and keynote speech respectively on the symposium. Prof. Puk Wing Kin served as the moderator.

Six scholars from Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China and Taiwan participated the symposium, and shared findings and insights. The symposium was satisfactorily concluded.

World History Seminar (2024-25)

Organizer: Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, CUHK
Enquiry: 3943 8541

Interdisciplinary Reading Group: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Early China

Thanks for the generous sponsorship from the Research Institute for the Humanities at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a group of postgraduate students from the Departments of History, and Chinese Language and Literature have formed a reading group on “An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Early China”. A series of reading sessions throughout the 2024-25 academic year will be held. Each session will invite scholars from around the world who are engaged in the study of Early China to share their research insights, and with communication between the members of reading group.

The details of the upcoming session are as follows:

Interested participants please contact the organisers, Ms. HO Wing Yan (winniehwy@link.cuhk.edu.hk) or Mr. CHENG Kui Wa (kuiwacheng@link.cuhk.edu.hk) through email.

Academic Seminar

Organizer: M.A. Programme in Comparative and Public History, Department of History, CUHK
Enquiry: 3943 8659

1st Annual Graduate Student International Colloquium

Our department is pleased to announce its 1st Annual Online Graduate Student International Colloquium. Themed “Trends, Issues, and Problems”, the event is organized by our graduate students for graduate students.

Providing a new platform for MA, MPhil, PhD, and recently graduated researchers to share their innovative research ideas and findings, the event also provides opportunity to engage in critical discussions regarding the current state of Southeast Asian and Chinese historical studies.

For more information, please visit our website: https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/newsarticle/agsic-1.

The newsletter will resume in September 2025.
The Department of History wishes you all a fruitful and enjoyable summer!

For teachers and students who have information to share with the Department, please email your articles in both Chinese and English to chanfiona@cuhk.edu.hk by 4:00pm every Monday.